Comments on This and That, part 1
…the rivers and places was what they gleaned from the G’moro or Midrosh about these places. What forces the translator to add this comment is that Tosafot rejects Rashi’s explanation…
Daniel J. Lasker – “December 6 Is Coming: Get Out the Umbrellas”
…Rabbeinu Asher ben Yehiel (Rosh, c. 1250-1328). He tried to establish the principle that each Jewish community would pray for rain when they actually needed it in their country; this…
The Aderet (part 2); Sonya Diskin and R. Yitzhak Yeruham Diskin; Zvi Glatt; and a New Letter from R. Herzog
…to retract his view. Also of note are the approbations from R. Avraham Shapiro and R. Shaul Yisraeli, roshei yeshiva at Merkaz ha-Rav. R. Yisraeli notes that Glatt, who could…
How many children did Michal have? Explanation of a Talmudic passage in light of the writings of Josephus Flavius
…other traditional commentaries. [2] Yad Ramah, Tosafot Harosh. [3] See Margoilyot Hayam. He therefore concludes that we must accept the shitah of Rabeinu Yeshaya on Shmuel (1:13:1) that the two…
A nay bintl briv: Personal Reminiscences of Rabbi Israel Meir ha-Kohen from the Yiddish Republic of Letters
…of Rosh Hashanah 5673 (September 13, 1912)[4] to his parents Rabbi Moses and Ruth, learned in his youth at the heder and yeshivah of Riteve (the latter founded by his…
Review: Bekurim with the Gra’s Commentary
…with the Pirushim of the Rambam’s Pirish Lemishna, Rash mi-Shantz, and Rosh. To ensure accuracy of these texts, all known manuscripts of these commentaries were used, in a critical edition,…
